The politics of salvation: ideology, propaganda and race in Trump’s America David Livingstone Smith (University of New England) Followed by a panel discussion on the upcoming administration by UCR faculty: Ann Goldberg (History), Armando Navarro (Ethnic Studies), and Jennifer Merolla (Political Science) — Presented by the Department of Philosophy, in conjunction with the Center for Ideas & Society Please contact Jeremy Pober at jeremy.pober@email.ucr.edu with any questions. Free & open to the public

The Department of Philosophy Presents: Bernard Reginster (Brown University) Ressentiment, Power, and Values Ressentiment is an affective state that plays an essential role in the critique of morality Nietzsche develops in On the Genealogy of Morality. I attempt to elucidate the nature of this peculiar state, to identify what it reveals about human psychology, and to determine why it is especially well suited to influence beliefs about value. Reception to follow Please contact Jeremy.pober@email.ucr.edu with any questions or concerns

FACULTY PROFILE

Specializing in 19th century German philosophy, Professor Clark’s main focus has been on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. She is currently finishing a co-authored book entitled Nietzsche’s Magnificent Tension of the Spirit, on Nietzsche’s philosophical psychology and why he writes the way he does.

NEWS

The Philosophy Department’s Distinguished Professor Carl Cranor climbed and then descended Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania this summer. Mt. Kilimanjaro, a collapsed former volcano, is the tallest mountain in Africa at 19,341 feet. It is also the highest freestanding mountain in the world rising about 16,000 feet from its base in the plains below. Click the […]

Carl Cranor has been selected to receive the Phi Beta Kappa Romanell Professorship for 2014-15. He thus joins a group of distinguished philosophers who received it earlier including Penelope Maddy, Stanley Cavell, Susan Wolf, Kendal Walton, and Harry Frankfurt. Join us in congratulating Professor Carl Cranor!